Fort King George was erected in 1721 and was the southernmost outpost in The British Colonies.
Colonel John Barnwell petitioned the king to build a fort to defend against the Spanish, who were already well established a few miles down the coast in St. Augustine, and became the commanding officer.
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The fort suffered much more from it’s environment than enemy attacks.
Disease and starvation made it nearly impossible to keep a garrison in fighting shape.
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But those same harsh surroundings kept Spain from ever mounting a serious invasion.
After the death of Colonel Barnwell in 1724, and a suspicious fire that the soldiers did little to extinguish in 1726, the fort was abandoned in 1727.
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